Month: April 2022

Writers Worth: This Job, Not That Job

Posted on April 20, 2022 by lwidmer

Oh, FFS. Maybe job posters haven’t read yet about The Great Resignation. Maybe they think that writers are really that damn desperate for work that they’ll work for pennies. Literal pennies. Such is the assumption one hapless job poster has made in this job sent to me by Paula Hendrickson. The assumption is that we’re […]

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What You Can (& Should) Say to a Freelance Client

Posted on April 14, 2022 by lwidmer

A close relative of mine is a stickler for obligations. That’s good. And bad. See, if a doctor’s office hands her an appointment time, she accepts it, even if it means rearranging her entire life to make that appointment. It never occurs to her to say “That won’t work. What other days do you have?” […]

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Your Freelance Client Magnet

Posted on April 8, 2022 by lwidmer

What does a successful freelance writing career look like to you? Ask a hundred freelancers and you’ll probably get that many different answers. Success could be something as lofty as making enough to retire by age 50. It could be making enough to pay the bills and bank a little. Or it could be working […]

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Countdown to Freelance Success

Posted on April 4, 2022 by lwidmer

Maybe it was the poster on a forum who was asking for advice on whether she should update her 19-year-old manuscript before publishing it. Maybe it was the writer I met recently who, despite being a career veteran, couldn’t make ends meet. Maybe it was the Twitter connection who shunned all advice and clung to […]

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